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WARNING: If you smell gas
•Shut off gas supply.
•Do not try to light any appliance.
•Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.
•Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Fol- low the gas supplier’s instructions.
•If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
IMPORTANT: Operating fireplace where impurities in air exist may create odors. Cleaning supplies, paint, paint remover, cigarette smoke, cements and glues, new carpet or textiles, etc., create fumes. These fumes may mix with combustion air and create odors.
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Fireplace produces a clicking/ | 1. | Metal expanding while heating | 1. | This is common with most |
ticking noise just after burner is |
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| fireplaces. If noise is excessive, |
lit or shut off |
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Fireplace produces unwanted | 1. | Fireplace burning vapors from | 1. | Ventilate room. Stop using |
odors |
| paint, hair spray, glues, etc. |
| odor causing products while |
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| fireplace is running |
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| above) | 2. | Refill supply tank |
| 2. | Low fuel supply | ||
| 3. | Gas leak. See Warning | 3. | Locate and correct all leaks |
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Fireplace shuts off in use (ODS | 1. | Not enough fresh air is avail- | 1. | Open window and/or door for |
operates) |
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| ventilation |
| 2. | Low line pressure | 2. | Contact local propane/LP or |
| 3. | O D S / p i l o t i s p a r t i a l l y |
| natural gas company |
| 3. | Clean ODS/pilot (see Cleaning | ||
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| and Maintenance, page 22) |
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Gas odor even when control knob | 1. | Gas leak. See Warning | 1. | Locate and correct all leaks |
is in OFF position |
| statement at top of page |
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| 2. | Control valve defective |
| tions, page 18) |
| 2. | Replace control valve | ||
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Gas odor during combustion | 1. | Foreign matter between con- | 1. | Take apart gas tubing and |
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| remove foreign matter |
| 2. | Gas leak. See Warning | 2. | Locate and correct all leaks |
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Moisture/condensation noticed | 1. | Not enough combustion/ven- | 1. | Refer to Air for Combustion |
on windows |
| tilation air |
| and Ventilation requirements |
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